Cities have always been diverse: with respect to function, to housing and to population
groups. Economic activities and employment opportunities can be found concentrated in …

This paper surveys the literature on localized socially innovative policies and actions aimed
at overcoming poverty and social exclusion. The authors show how these local forms of …

Building on three decades of comparative research on marginality, ethnicity, and penality in
the postindustrial metropolis, Loïc Wacquant offers a novel interpretation of Pierre Bourdieu …

This distinctive book highlights the comparative transversal and national issues of multi-level
governance in social welfare policies. The author reports on three particular policy areas …

This paper provides new insights into the relationships between income inequality and
residential segregation between socioeconomic groups by undertaking a comparative study …

Going beyond race-blind approaches to spatial segregation in Europe, Racial Cities argues
that race is the logic through which stigmatized and segregated" Gypsy urban areas" have …

The cultural landscapes of Central European cities reflect over half a century of socialism
and are marked by the Marxists' vision of a utopian landscape. Architecture, urban planning …

This book explores the politics of place marketing and the process of 'urban reinvention'in
Berlin between 1989 and 2011. In the context of the dramatic socio-economic restructuring …

For almost two decades now, neoliberalism and neoliberalization have become the object of
increasing interest not only in political debate but also in the social sciences, and in …

This paper examines the relationship between welfare and (ethnic) segregation across
Western Europe (16 countries) until the mid-1990s, including for the first time Southern …